Murder trial for Australian mum in Canada

AAP

An Australian mother accused of killing her two young sons will stand trial in a Canadian court next year.

Allyson McConnell, formerly of Gosford on the NSW central coast, moved to Canada in 2005, met a local man, married in 2007 and had two sons.

The bodies of two-year-old Connor and 10-month-old Jayden were found in the bathtub of the family's home in Millet, in the western province of Alberta, in February last year.

Last month, a preliminary hearing concluded there was sufficient evidence for McConnell, 32, to stand trial on two counts of second-degree murder.

The Alberta Attorney-General's office announced this week McConnell will stand trial on March 5 next year.